HP (Hewlett-Packard) 40gs Calculator User Manual


 
13-16 Using mathematical functions
Example
9 MOD 4 returns 1
% x percent of y; that is, x/100*y.
%(x, y)
Example
%(20,50) returns 10
%CHANGE Percent change from x to y, that is, 100(y–x)/x.
%CHANGE(x, y)
Example
%CHANGE(20,50) returns 150
%TOTAL Percent total : (100)y/x. What percentage of x, is y.
%TOTAL(x, y)
Example
%TOTAL(20,50) returns 250
RADDEG Radians to degrees. Converts value from radians to
degrees.
RADDEG (value)
Example
RADDEG(π) returns 180
ROUND Rounds value to decimal places. Accepts complex
numbers.
ROUND(value, places)
Round can also round to a number of significant digits as
showed in example 2.
Examples
ROUND(7.8676,2) returns 7.87
ROUND (0.0036757,-3) returns 0.00368
SIGN Sign of value. If positive, the result is 1. If negative, –1. If
zero, result is zero. For a complex number, this is the unit
vector in the direction of the number.
SIGN(value)
SIGN((x, y))
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